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.REIN HOLDER.

Patented July 26, 1870 WILLIAM'H. scores, or stoves, VERMONT.

Letters Patent No. 105,651, dated July 26, 1870.

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. The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe name the same, reference being bad. to the accompanying drawingforming partot' this specification, in which- Figure l is a front'viewof my improved reinholder.

Figure 2 is aside view of the same, partly in section, through the liiiea: x, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts,-

My invention has for its object to furnisha simple and convenient devicefortholdlng the reins when the.

driver wishes to leave the team stan ing; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the various parts ofthe device, as hereinafter more fully described. v

. A represents the dashsboard. W

B is the shank or standard of the holder, which has a notch formed inits uppenpart to hook over the upper-edge of the dash-board A, and thelower end 7 of which is secured to a bar of the said-dash-board by thehook-bolt O, which hooks around the said bar,

- sses throngh'the said standard, and is secured in p ace, clamping thesaid standardlto the said dashboard securelyby a washer and nut, asshown in 7 Lhe upwardly-projecting end of the standard 13 is notched, asshown in fig. 1, to receive the joint-piece or block I), which ispivoted'to said notched standard by a bolt, pin, or xivetLE, as showninfigs. 1 and 2.

' Patent- F are two spring bars, the lower ends of which are insertedand secured in a slot in'the 'uppe-r'part of the pieeeor block D, andwhich are kept at a little distance apart by a thin strip between them,as shown in fig. 1. v V p p,

The lower parts of the spring bars F are parallel, or nearly parallel,with each other, and their upper ends are a little curved or in clinedfrom each other, as shown. infig. 1, for conveniencein inserting. thereins, which are held in place-by the elasticity of the 'said springbars.

In the lower end of the piece or block D are formed two :or more.notches or grooves, as sho'wn'in fig. 2,- along one or the other ofwhiehpasses a pin, G, which passes through holes in the npperpart of thestandard B, as shown in figs, 1 and 2,

,By this construction the spring bars F'may be ad- I jnsted and held inline withthe standard B, or at any desired inclination or angle.

Having thus described my invention,

1 claim as new and desire to secure by'Lettcrs 1. The block orjoint-piece D and spring bars F, in combination with the standardB, by:means of which the device is" secured to the dash-hoard, substantiallyas herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the pin G', or equivalent catch or fastening, withthestandaril B, block or jointpiece-D, and spring bars F, substantiallyas herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth;

, WM. 11.. COOPER. Witnesses:

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D. B. RANDALL.

